1 Esdras 1:24

24 As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those who sinned and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved Him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.

1 Esdras 1:24 In-Context

22 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.

23 And the works of Josiah were upright before his Lord, with a heart full of godliness.

24 As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those who sinned and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved Him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.

25 Now after all these acts of Josiah, it came to pass that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchemish on the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

26 But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, "What have I to do with thee, O king of Judea?